Mediocre growth, overly cautious corporations and government cutbacks figure to stifle employment gains until there is some comprehensive economic policy
Jobs
What You Need to Know About April’s Jobs Numbers
Any way you cut it, the Labor Department’s announcement that the U.S. economy added just 115,000 jobs in April is a disappointment. Economists had been expecting 160,000 new jobs, and even that number is far below the kind of …
Amid Mixed Data, Economists Look For At Least 160K New Jobs in April
The Labor Department’s April jobs report will be released Friday, and should provide an important data point about the health of the U.S. economy. Economists, investors, policy-makers, politicians and the general public will be …
Should We Be “Celebrating” Equal Pay Day Today — or in January?
Today is a holiday that no one is interested in celebrating. No, not Tax Day; some people are proud to pay their taxes. I’m talking about Equal Pay Day, a sort of anti-holiday invented by the National Committee on Pay Equity to …
Beware of Falling Trees: The Best and Worst Jobs in America
Lumberjacks are celebrated in folklore (hello, Paul Bunyan) and in song (hello Monty Python), but as a career choice lumberjacking leaves something to be desired. At least according to the Jobs Rated 2012 report released earlier …
Study: Some Not-So-Secret Secrets To Landing Interviews And Finding A Job
A brand new study with some very old implications for job-seekers should nonetheless give hope to people who are truly committed to doing just that.
March Unemployment: The Rorschach Jobs Report
March’s unemployment numbers were mediocre enough to be open to any number of interpretations. Republicans see evidence that the President’s policies have taken us off track. Obama just called it another bump in the road. Here are two reasons to despair and two reasons to celebrate about the latest data
The JOBS Act Signing: A Giant Step for Entrepreneurship in America
At the White House yesterday, I had the pleasure of watching one of the most forward-thinking pieces of pro-business bipartisan legislation to date signed into law by President Obama: the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) …
U.S. Economy Added Only 120,000 Jobs in March, Missing Estimates
The U.S. labor market continued to add new jobs last month, but at a slower rate than economists had been hoping for. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the economy added 120,000 jobs in March, compared to the 205,000 that many …
What Will Tomorrows Job Report Hold For The U.S. Economy?
Tomorrow the Labor Department will release its monthly Employment Situation Report, which estimates the number of jobs the U.S. economy added in March as well as the new official unemployment rate.
According to Bloomberg News, economists predict that the report will show the economy gained 205,000 jobs in March, roughly in line with a …
Report: Private Sector Adds 209,000 Jobs in March
The private sector added 209,000 jobs in March, according to an analysis from the payroll services firm ADP. The report also noted that the economy added 23,000 more jobs in the first two months of 2012 than ADP had previously …
Is the Wimpy Recovery Morphing into a Recession?
We’ve just begun coming to grips with the wimpy recovery. Are we actually in for another recession? That was the implication of a couple of economic reports I read this week, including one by ITG Investment Research, which …
